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South Africa's University of Cape Town removed a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes on Thursday to cheers from students, a symbolic move that exposes persistent racial divides two decades after the end of apartheid.
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DAKAR (Reuters) - The United States has offered to send a special operations mission to Nigeria to help the West African country fight Islamist militant group Boko Haram, the United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) said on Friday.

At African Arguments, Murray Last has written an excellent backgrounder on Nigeria’s Boko Haram movement. One important paragraph: This widespread ‘panic’ or terror over BH’s campaign of violence has led to any major attack, anywher...

President Buhari offloads two luxury jets as Presidential fleet is hit by biting Nigerian recession. Did Boko Haram demand 5 billion euros as ransom to release the Chibok girls? And South Africa unveils plans to raise drinking age t...

South Africa’s universities have become a battleground.
In October 2015 student protesters adopted the banner of #FeesMustFall in response to a proposed hike in university fees for 2016. After South Africa’s government, led by Presi...